This is a tale that I've been mulling over for quite a while now, and I recently decided to spruce it up and post it. Not the most surprising ending (or maybe all of you are just cynical bastards), but I hope you enjoy nonetheless.

Gaah. Tales like this really show what working for the Foundation would be like - all of it is stressful, none of it is glamorous, and half of it is corrosive to the human soul.
And it's absolutely necessary.

The iffy comma usage in the opening dialogue was distracting, which wasn't too good a start. And I'm a fan of Humes, but I'm not a fan of 'all anomalous activity of any sort can be easily summarized by levels of Humes' (which was what “Hume scans say that the location shows signs of recent anomalous activity, so we’re going to have to do this carefully" seemed to imply) and calling them "Hume detectors" as opposed to the typical Kant counters read a little weirdly for me personally since I'm used to the typical canonical consistent (not that you can't change it, because there is no canon, but it detracted from the overall vibe for me).

As far as plot goes, this is a really predictable tearjerker that doesn't address anything I haven't seen addressed before. Sometimes the Foundation goes to extreme lengths and throws morality out the window, yes; this is known, and it's well-known, so delivery has to be above and beyond for a narrative presenting it to interest me. This narrative doesn't, I'm afraid; it's a basic linear plot and "Weapons hot?"/"No, not yet." gave away the ending only a few paragraphs in.

Beyond that, why would a Foundation agent (Lee) outright kill this kid when he already calmed him down enough to pick him up and carry him? Are Scranton Reality Anchors not a thing even when Humes and Kant counters/Hume detectors are clearly present in the narrative as well? Can he not just be sedated? Taking the GOC option for a skip that's already cooperating (even if not by will, since Lee is lying to him) seems like overkill, especially in the context of the fact that the kid is cooperative in order to benefit the emotional narrative.

“Affirmative Sky Kennel. Transmitting coordinates to you as we speak.”

comma after affirmative

“Coordinates received. Aerial scans show some signs of recent reality manipulation, be advised.”

semicolon after manipulation, but if it reads weirdly, then period

“Understood Sky Kennel. Proceeding with caution.”

comma after understood

Captain James Lee took a hand off his radio and motioned his team to come closer. The members of Site 118's Containment Team Beta 6, “Foxchaser” leaned in, with the quiet reassurance of experience hanging about their demeanors.

comma after Foxchaser, or do the ("Foxchaser") thing (though that might look weird in prose, idk)

When Reality Benders get out of hand, that's the procedure as I know it. If they realize what they can do, they can't be contained. And sure, you could try and keep him sedated like 283(?) but what if he realizes that they're taking him back? He killed the others easily, why would they be any different?